The government plan to revive the aeronautics sector hit hard by the crisis due to the coronavirus, which will be unveiled this week, will include counterparts in terms of location of jobs, said Sunday the Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
"What we have done for the automobile " , that is to say a support plan in the amount of eight billion euros, "we will do it next week" on aeronautics, ie " a sectoral support plan " of several billion euros, said Jean-Baptiste Djebbari on LCI.
With three objectives: to restart air traffic, to ensure that the immediate and massive effects of the crisis have been absorbed and to relaunch the activity with the aim of "coming out stronger than we entered it" .
In terms of the environment, for example, “this means that groups such as Airbus, Safran or Thales will be able to produce the hybrid aircraft in 2027, in 2035 the“ green ”aircraft: this is the industrial challenge of next ten years and that requires investing a lot now to be ahead of the Chinese, ahead of the Americans, in ten years ” .
It also requires "having strong counterparts on the location of employment in France, in Europe, which we ask them" (to manufacturers), he added. “It is obvious that if the French State, if the European Union invests very strongly to support employment first, and then creates advantages for the next ten years, we ask that part of the activity is localized, when it is new, or relocated "when possible, and that the industry takes" guarantees for employment " , said Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
